Pied-du-Courant Prison

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The Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.

A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by hanging of several Patriotes who had fought the Lower Canada Rebellion. Because of this, it also houses a museum on the history of the Patriotes and a gathering is usually held there on National Patriote Day. Upon its front of its site is found the Monument aux Patriotes by sculptor Alfred Laliberté. The whole of Pierre Falardeau's film February 15, 1839 happens at the Prison.

[edit] Executions

• December 21, 1838
  • Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal
  • Joseph Duquet

• January 18, 1839
  • Pierre-Théophile Decoigne
  • François-Xavier Hamelin
  • Joseph-Jacques Robert
  • Ambroise Sanguinet
  • Charles Sanguinet

• February 15, 1839
  • Amable Daunais
  • François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier
  • Charles Hindelang
  • Pierre-Rémi Narbonne
  • François Nicolas

• December 9, 1881
  • Hugh Hayvren
• April 16, 1883
  • Timothy Milloy
• December 13, 1901
  • J.-E. Laplaine
• June 13, 1902
  • Thorval Hansen or Hancon
• November 19, 1909
  • John Dillon A.K.A J. Smith
• November 10, 1910
  • Timothy Candy
• May 26, 1911
  • F. Grivora or Grevola

[edit] See also

• Patriote movement
• Quebec nationalism
• Quebec independence movement
• History of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history

[edit] References

• "Pied-du-Courant (prison)" at La Mémoire du Québec